2015 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - (General Municipal) POWERS, LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITIES
99-J - Control of aquatic plant growth.

  99-j.  Control of aquatic plant growth. Every municipal corporation
  is, and any two or  more  municipal  corporations  jointly  are,  hereby
  authorized and empowered to take such action as may be required to adopt
  plans and specifications and enter into a contract or contracts, or take
  such  other  action as may be required for the control of aquatic growth
  as it may deem to be necessary or desirable, in  the  case  of  a  joint
  project  by two or more municipal corporations, the share of the cost of
  such project or activity to be borne by each such municipal  corporation
  shall  be  fixed by contract. The expenditure of moneys for such purpose
  by a municipal corporation shall be deemed a  lawful  municipal  purpose
  and  the  moneys  appropriated  therefor shall be raised by tax upon the
  taxable real property within  the  municipal  corporation  in  the  same
  manner  as  moneys  for  other lawful municipal purposes. Each municipal
  corporation is hereby authorized to accept and disburse grants of public
  or private money or other aid paid or made available  by  the  state  or
  federal government for any such purpose.